Stratford-sub-Castle War Memorial
Adjacent to Church of St Lawrence, Stratford Road, Stratford-sub-Castle, Wiltshire, SP1 3YP
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1441029
- Date first listed:
- 18-May-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Stratford-sub-Castle War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Adjacent to Church of St Lawrence, Stratford Road, Stratford-sub-Castle, Wiltshire, SP1 3YP
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1441029
- Date first listed:
- 18-May-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Stratford-sub-Castle War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Adjacent to Church of St Lawrence, Stratford Road, Stratford-sub-Castle, Wiltshire, SP1 3YP
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Adjacent to Church of St Lawrence, Stratford Road, Stratford-sub-Castle, Wiltshire, SP1 3YP
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Salisbury
- National Grid Reference:
- SU1300732619
Summary
First World War memorial.
Reasons for Designation
Stratford-sub-Castle War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this local community, and the sacrifices it has made in the conflicts of the First World War;
* Architectural interest: a well-executed limestone Calvary cross;
* Group value: with the adjacent Grade I-listed Church of St Lawrence.
History
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England, both as a result of the huge impact the loss of three quarters of a million British lives had on communities and the official policy of not repatriating the dead, which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.
One such memorial was raised at Stratford-sub-Castle shortly after the end of the First World War as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the nine members of the local community who lost their lives during the war.
It was re-dedicated in August 2014 when the names of the fallen from the village were engraved on stone and set into the base of the memorial.
Details
MATERIALS: limestone.
DESCRIPTION: the approximately 5m high war memorial stands by the roadside to the immediate west of the Grade I-listed Church of St Lawrence. It comprises an octagonal tapering shaft with a carved collar and a gabled crucifix with dedication INRI. It is set on a square plinth and a two-stepped base. The western face of the plinth carries the inscription in incised white painted letters 1914 – 1918/ GOD MAKE US WORTHY OF THEIR SACRIFICE.
Underneath the inscription a stone, inserted in 2014, carries the names of those from the village who were killed with the inscription 1914 - WE WILL REMEMBER THEM - 2014/ (NAMES).
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 5 June 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 5 June 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/171888
War Memorials Register, accessed 5 June 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/68977
Stratford-Sub-Castle, accessed 21 Oct 2016 from http://www.stratfordsubcastle.org.uk/new/node/479
Other
OS Map 1:2500 (1926 edn)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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